h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It was a heck of a night.

I work nights. When I went in, Florida was being given to Gore, and I figured it was probably all over. I had hope, but not a lot. Then when I came out of roll call, they were saying that Florida was too close to call. The electoral votes kept adding up, and it was getting tighter and tighter.

Then at 2:20 AM, I got in my car, and I heard someone reporting from Texas. There was a crowd going crazy in the background. It took a few minutes to actually hear that Bush was being declared the winner in Florida.

As the hours wore on, we all waited for a victory and concession speech. Then they said Florida was too close to call again!

It was something to live through. I was glad I worked so that I could listen to the reporting on this historic election. The last I heard was that some 40% of the Florida precincts have been recounted, and Gore has picked up 8 votes.

I've said for some time, that I favor the abolishment of the Electoral College. Ever since Clinton's elections divided this nation so severely, I have wanted to change to a popular vote, where we would have runoffs until one candidate had a majority. I think we need one candidate who has a majority of the voting population voting for him.